(2 replies)]]>wmatistichttp://the-w.com/college-football-2014-week-1
http://the-w.com/college-football-2014-week-1Wed, 03 Sep 2014 19:18:30 GMTI enjoyed watching Georgia pound Clemson, but I'm not sold on what the Bulldogs are yet. Clemson looked like Clemson, in that over the past few years they just aren't mentally tough. You can pound them or get them discouraged and they fold. Maybe it's conditioning, maybe coaching, but all the experts saying Clemson has a "great defense" have me scratching my head. Love Dabo saying this loss showed him "Were good enough to win in any environment, against any team out there." Like last year when they would have won 5/10 against FSU. Such a putz.

I hope Georgia can finally put it all together, but Richt being Richt, they probably blow it somewhere. Again.

Speaking of teams that have a habit of folding/giving up late in games, hi Miami! Al Golden is not a good head coach.

A&M sure was impressive, probably more so than any team to me this weekend. Though I still doubt their defense, that team may rip up the SEC this year.

Bama has the same questions on defense it did last year, but with a maybe less reliable offense. No way West Virginia should have been able to hang that close.

I was at the OSU/FSU game, which was fun, when it was over. The offense can play better and likely will. The defense I'm not worried about yet. Here's hoping Okie State was underrated. More concerned with us having the worst punter in the country for the second year in a row. Nothing the Citadel can't cure on Saturday.

Really don't like that we got Oklahoma instead of Oregon facing Bama. Would have at least been fun to have the Oregon/Bama matchup, even if both are flawed this year. Oklahoma will likely get trashed unless Bama just shows up not caring.

Will Clemson clemson against Urban, or will that horrid OSU defense fold again? I don't think I trust Tahj Boyd in big games. No, not at all really.

OSU/Mizzou might be entertaining, but I guess it doesn't feel special to me with Mizzou only two years removed from playing OSU on a regular basis.

Fiesta Bowl...well then. Uh, Baylor wins. Not sure what changed but UCF got worse as the season went on.

Not sure if anyone will score at all in the Rose Bowl. Really looking forward to that game.

I'm also hoping for a good game from the Duke/A&M matchup. Cutcliff is a bit of a prick and a sore loser, but he can coach and that team can be physical. I think they can grind out yards against A&M and keep it close. Maybe.

Oregon vs Texas. Mack Brown makes his last stand at the Alamo. And loses, badly.

I think having a month to prepare for Auburn's offense will help FSU a ton and they'll get the win. Was rewatching the Iron Bowl and kept saying, well if the defender had just played his assignment, they stop them there. Over and over. So yeah, hopefully we don't lose our heads like Bama did. Also, we have a kicker. A really, really good one.

(2 replies)]]>lotjxhttp://the-w.com/college-football-week-14-the-wacky-day-that-was
http://the-w.com/college-football-week-14-the-wacky-day-that-wasSun, 01 Dec 2013 13:35:44 GMTSouth Carolina beat up Clemson and asserted some SEC dominance. Johnny Football's Heisman hopes are probably gone and Missouri might be able to get ahead of Alabama making it virtually impossible for them to get in. My Irish went to Stanford did surprisingly well not enough to win, but they could have if Tommy Reese wasn't his usual Jekyll and Hyde self. Thankfully, his tenure will end at whatever crappy bowl they go to. Oregon wins the Civil War. To me, the Pac-10 or 12 doesn't look that great.

Duke of all teams gets a shot at the ACC title against FSU who will probably rip them to shreds while their QB awaits rape charges and a possible Heisman trophy. USC is going coach hunting as is Nebraska, Florida and Georgia whether they tell people or not. Next week is the title games and then a bunch of bowl games no one cares about til we get the title game that is an absolute mess, now for the greater good.

(2 replies)]]>wmatistichttp://the-w.com/college-football-2013
http://the-w.com/college-football-2013Tue, 10 Sep 2013 02:41:58 GMTI guess not a lot to look at so far, though some fun moments already.

Texas....oh Texas. Coworkers were mocked all day. If the Big 12 was better this year, I'd say right now that Mack Brown is gone. Maybe they pull it together and save him, but it's not likely.

Georgia is pretty good. They looked better than Clemson to me, despite the loss. That running game is awesome. I really think they finally take the SEC. The conference as a whole is down a bit. Bama looks beatable, A&M has a bad defense, Florida...I'll get to them in a moment, and the Bulldogs already beat SC. Sure they could trip up like usual, but I got a feeling this is their year unless LSU can work it's magic again.

Louisville is going undefeated and no one will care when they don't make the title game. That schedule is just pathetic.

Oregon is probably going undefeated too, and making the title game. Granted they always look amazing on offense, but the PAC 12 is down a bit too with USC not having a QB and Stanford looking solid but I'm not sure about them yet.

My team only has one game against who knows what Pitt is at this point, but I'm satisfied so far. Was even more giddy watching Florida vs Miami. Holy cow are those two teams incapable of playing offense. For all the talent Duke Johnson has, it never shows against top 25 teams. He just disappears.

If I had to place an early bet on national title game, like I said I'd probably stick Oregon in there. No one from the Big 12 or Big 10 or AAC. Probably either a one loss SEC team or an undefeated Clemson would make the safest choice.

Good god, Clemson vs Oregon. At least it would be exciting. Probably see Dabo be Dabo though and screw it up.

(1 reply)]]>thecubsfanhttp://the-w.com/ncaa-ends-ea-football-series
http://the-w.com/ncaa-ends-ea-football-seriesWed, 17 Jul 2013 18:57:25 GMTThis is surprising, the NCAA will not renew it's agreement with EA; the NCAA football that came out is the last NCAA Football game.

This all about the Ed O'Bannon/"athletes should be paid for being used in video games" case. NCAA thinks they're in the right, but don't want to pay for any more years of being wrong should the case turn out that way. That also means someone did the math and the NCAA makes less money from the video game than they would have to give up paying the lawsuit (which seems surprising.)

The press release notes individual universities retain their rights and are able to include them in video games if they'd like. It's then possible that this doesn't change much but some logos and name - EA's College Football '15 is still possible if the schools agree.

In a pie in a sky world, all the schools band together to get their money, realize they got their money without the NCAA, and the NCAA is suddenly very vulnerable to needed changes. It seems more likely at least some schools will follow the NCAA's lead and any game will be lesser quality, if EA decides it's worth doing at all.

The O'Bannon case is still a year away from reaching court, assuming it's not settled before then. It feels like there are changes that are going to eventually happen regardless, but I wish that case was resolved already so we'd know how swift and painful those changes are going to be.

(22 replies)]]>Zeruelhttp://the-w.com/app-state-and-georgia-southern-moving-to-fbs-joining-the-sun-belt-conference
http://the-w.com/app-state-and-georgia-southern-moving-to-fbs-joining-the-sun-belt-conferenceTue, 26 Mar 2013 07:11:12 GMTThey're starting their two year transition this coming season. That will give the Sun Belt 10 for football and 12 for basketball.

When their transition periods are over in 2015, there will be 129 full members of the FBS. ]]>